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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-24
.sRUN OF THE IEtNESSEE.
The Last Business Session d-Omcers
Elected.

The Last Business Session Held-Oficers
Elected.
At business session of the Arnv Of the
Tennessee, at Detroit, on the 18th, To-
ledo. September 10 and Is, 1883, were
selected as the place and time for hold
ing the next reunion Col Gilbert A.
Pierce. with Gen. Smith d. Atkins as
alternate, was chosen as the next orator
Cincinnati was selected as the perma-
nant headquarters of the society
Gen. Green B. Raum presented
the report of the committee
which had prepared resolutions on the
death of Gen. Logan. A s1itable stat
ue at the capitol at Washington was
recommended. The Army of the Tenn
essee intends to cooperate with the q.
4. r. in erecting it. The committee on
nominations reported as follows: Pres
ident Gen. W. T. Sherman; vice-uresi-
dents, Gen. Poe, Maj. Harding, Capt.
Fegan, Capt. Heafford, Surgeon Bond,
Capt Crane, Lieut-Col Jacobson, Col.
Lynch, Lieut.-Col. Fisk, Gen. LandrUm,
Maj. Ware and Gen. Hubbard; record
ing secretary. Col. L. NJ. Dayton: CORE
spending secretary, Gen. Andy Hicken-
Iooper; treasurer, Maj. j.-Gen. NJ. +.
Force. The report was adopted and
the session ended.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-24
sUEPY By FOREST FIRES.
Acres of Hardwood Timber Laid Low IN
Michigan by Flames.

KoEHLER, Mich, Sept. 1.-THE forest
fires in this vicinity are again raging as
badly as ever, and if a long soaking rain
does not come soon, this section will
not have left standing tree. The road
leading east from here is block
ed by falling timber, piled at
some points to a height of ff-
teen feet, while not line of the road
is entirely clear. About thirty acres
of the finest hard wood timber owned
by Senator 7. w. Palmer is entirely
swept clean, while II. L. Koehler has
lost twenty acres of the same valuable
timber. AT night the sky is Illuminated
as far as the eye can see, while the
smoke IS sufocating, and the crash of
the falling timber is deafening. 1t is a
great good fortune that this section is
sparsely settled Heavy fires are also
reported from the Black Lake region.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-24
NEWS GLEANINGS,

Coal shippers in Chicago have raised
the price of coal to retailers 81 and 70
cents ton.
\ parcel post convention between the
United States and Jamaica Will 20 into
effect Oct. /.
The New York produce exchange
members are indignant because Presi-
dent Wright, of the Chicago board,
called their exchange "bucket-shop."
he Western windowglass manuiact-
turers met in Pittsburg on the 10th, and
decided not to grant the advance in
wages for which their employees are now
striking.
Secretary Bayard, after careful ex-
animation of the McGarigle case, has
decided that he cannot be extradited.
The four-story building 2ll and 2I3
Lake Street, Chicago, was partially de
stroyed by fire on the 18th. Loss on
builIing and contents, $500, 900. Four
firemen were seriously hurt by the fall
of a taoStaff
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-24
IEIPED INTO THE LAKE.
A Dozen Ferryboat Passengers Believed
to Have Perished at Toronto.

TORONTO, Ont, Sept. IA ferryboat
'OllsIon occurred here last night which
was a hair-breadth escape from one of
the most awful lake di-asters ever heard
Of Two boats were crowded with pas
sengers. Just as the collision happened,
many from the coIliding boats, Sadie
and Gertrude, were seen to jump
into the water from the frightened and
confused mass Of passengers. 1t is fear
ed a dozen or more are drowned. 4
number were seen struggling in the
water, and no resCues are reported.
One man who swan out to a passenger
he saw struggling in the water says he
could not rescue the passenger. The
accident appears to have been
caused by the ferryboat Queen City,
which was short distance behind the
boat Gertrude and going in the same di-
rectiOn, and whistled twice instead of
simply following the Gertrude. The
Queen City should not have whistled.
Her whistling confused the Gertrude
and the Sadie and caused the collision.
This afternoon it is thought that no
lives were lost. No one is reported miss
ing and it is believed all who went into
the water were rescued.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-24

es. The extreme penalty for man
slaughter in Iowa is eight years in the
penltentiary. 1t was learned that the
jury took only two ballots on the ques-
ton of guilt, being practically unanimous
on that point, and the other ballots were
to decide the degree of guilt, several of
the Jnrymen holding out for murder and
others for manslaughter, which was
finally agreed upon. The Judge an
nounced that sentence would be pro-
nounced on Monday, September 26
The prisoner received the verdict camly.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-24
PERISH IN THEIR HOME.
SIx Persons Burn to Death In Their
Blazing Dwelling.

New ORLEANS, La, Sept. 16.-At 8
O'Clock this morning an explosion oc-
cured in the store of Dominick Mes
sina, at the corner of Enghien and d au
phin Streets, and a moment later the
entire building was on fire and all es-
cape from the upper stories. where Mes
sina's family resided, WAS cut off
The fire must have been burning for
some time before the explosion which
was doubtless caused by the ignition of
powder which Messina kept for sale.
When the fremen reached the scene
the voices of the Messina family could
be heard above the roaring and cracking
of the flames, crying for help.
Every effort of the firemen to rescue
the unfortunate inmates of the burning
building failed, and the entire family
consisting of Messina, his wife and their
four little children, were burned to
death
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-24
BORN TO BE DROWNED.
A Negro Thug Killed by His Would b
Rescuers in Colorado.


DENVER, Col, Sept. 15.-Yesterday
afternoon, a negro cook named Joe
Dixon, employed at the Hotel Beau
mont, Ouray, Col, had fancied griev-
ance against Miss Ella Day, a waitress,
and shot her four times with large re-
volver, three balls taking effect in her
arms and the other in her breast
Dixon was arrested and jailed.
Last night a mob went to the
jail for the purpose of lynching the
negro. They captured the guard but
failed to gain an entrance. They then
saturated all parts of the building with
coal oil and set fire to it. The fire de-
partment came out and in the attempt
to extinguish the flames drowned the
negro, whose body was roasted in the
burning building. The wounded girl is
not expected to recover.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-24
WIIHOIT WATER.
Famine and Flood Caused by the Burst
ing of "a Main.

WAsHNGToN, d. c., Sept l7-Another
water famine is upon the greater portion
of this city. caused by the third break
within short time of the 36-inch wa
ter main which supplies all of Wash
ington north of L..Street. The break oc-
Cured about 3 o'clock this morning.
Suddenly and with loud report the
water spouted up Iii the air. On
the south side of l. Street, between
Twentieth and Twenty-tirst Streets, a
column of water broke from the pave
ment with IA roar and "A rush that could
be heard squares away. l. Street from
Nineteenth to Twenty Streets is
one great river, the water pouring along
like p torrent and deep enough to float "A
boat. The property damaged is con
siderable, but this is as nothing com
pared with the inconvenience to thou
sands of citizens and certain disaster in
case of fire. The public wells were ex-
hausled at an early hour and crowds of
people with buckets in hand were walk
ing from place to place in the endeavor
obtain enough water to prepare the
mOrGlng meal.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-24
4 DTLTTH BtNK's Loss.
Twenty Thousand Dollars Mysteriously
Missing FROM the Eirst National.


Missing From the First National.
A telegram received in St Paul from
Duluth on the 18th, states that pack
age containing So, 900 has mysteriously
disappeared from the Union National
Bank of that city. The officers are very
reticent about the matter, and very lit
tie has Yet come to light. One
of the directors of the bank, who
resides il St. Paul. received a
telegram in regard to the matter and he
sent detective to meet the Duluth linz
tied at Centerville. The train was held
and looked over, and one or two per
sons searched, but the person suspected
of the robbery was not discovered. A
PioneerPress Duluth special says:
Cashier Ware assures your correspond
ent that there has been no defalcation
or embeZzlement and none of the bank S
employees are suspected of wrong doing.
He also says the facts in the case will be
made public in few days.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-24
FEO0DS ~ .fRFZON4.
Miles of Track Washed Out on the south
eru Pact fiC.

ern Pacific
TUCsoN, Ari., Sept I3.-Nearly all
bridges and culvcrts have been washed
away for distance of $50 miles on the
Southern Pacific road. No trains have
been run since September s. One
Thousand men are repairing the track.
he extent OF the destruction to rail-
roads IS much greater than first sup
posed. 1t extends at intervals from
Colorado River TO the Dragon Noun
tains east of Benson. one fill, fifty feet
high. on the Dragoon grade, washed out
eight miles, and the washed ont places
between Benson and Tucson Will
take three weeks To repair So
trains can pass over. Eastern passengers
tied mp here will he transferred over
land by coaches to-day. No trains from
east or west have arrived since Thurs
day night. Two hundred men are work
ing in Lienega and 30 ut Dragons.
Two hundred went west on wrcckiug
train Yesterday and 1T O'Clock last
evening had mastered the road west of
Ai.rrstD
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-24
UED By THE QUEEN.
Parliament Formally Adjourned To-day
Her Msiesty's speech.

LONDON, Sept. 16.-Parliament was
prorogued to-day. In her speech the
Queen referred briefly to the Afghan
boundary question, the situation in Bur
nah, the Egyptian occupation matter,
the fishery question, the colonial
congress. and the commercial, in
dustrial and agricultural situation,
merely announcing the progress made
in each affair of state or the outlook.
Referring to the situation in Ireland,
she said 81 trust the remedies your
wisdom has provided will gradually eff
feet complete restoration OF order in
Ireland and give renewed encourage
ment to peaceful industry" Before
closing, briet reference was made to the
Jubilee celebration.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-24
IHE TERDICT IN CHICAGO.
Impending Death Does Not shake the
Stoicism of the Condemned.

Impending Death Does Not shake the
Stoicism of the Condemned.
CHICAGO, H.. Sept. 1.-THE first Of
fetal information of the decision that
reached this city was a telegram from
the court clerk at Ottawa TO the states
attorneys office here, saving: An
archist eases affirmed; execution No
yember H." Mr.. Purcell. Of the state
with the dispatch. Following at his
heels was messenger carrying a teie-
gram fer August Spies that had bxn
sent from Ottawa by an agent of the
Anarchists The turnkey who took the
dispatch to cell % and showed it
through the bars, fingered a
moment TO watch the effect it
would have on Spies. The Anarchist
took the message glanced firmly at the
turnkey and then withdrew to the
darker end Of the cell In two minutes
or so he called gently to the old man,
who sits as death watch outside his
barred door, and asked him to hand the
yellow telegraph sheet to Parsons.
From him it went to all the others, and
last reached Neebe, who is only
under sentence of imprisonment.
Newspaper men had been rig
orously shut out from the
Coudeu led men ana all observations
had To be taken from the outside of the
ca4, about ten yards from the cell door.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-24
BROKE Up THE F4IR.
The Presidents Baby Show Results Di
astrOnslY TO the Society.

asITOusIY 10 the bOCItty.
BUFFALO, n. Y, Sept 15.-The East
Aurora fair, the feature of which was
President Cleveland's baby show, was
not a great success. A tent had been
built inside the race course to accOmmo-
date the expected concourse of triplets,
but only three OF a kind appeared.
The gold eagle offered by Grover
Cleveland was won by three children
born two years ago to Albert K. Dart
He is farmer of East Hamburg. There
were over fifty babies for the other
prizes, first among which was Gov.
Hills $25 for the negro twins. Romeo
and Juliet Jackson, son and daughter of
a Pittsburg waiter, won the prize. The
babies made such a noise that the
grounds were cleared before dark.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-24
DETAILS OF YHE DECHER.
inside Facts OF the Baltimore & Ohio
Funding Deal.

Funding Deal.
BALTIMORE, Md, Sept. i4-At the
meeting of the directors of the Balti-
more & Ohio Railroad Company, to-day,
William T. Burnes stated that the tenn
pOrary arrangement for $1,000, 600 had
been made and that negotiations were
in progress for the permanent funding
OF the debt The negotiations contem-
plate that the syndicate shall
buy S5,OOO,O00 OF the consolidated
main line mortgage bonds and 100000
of the preferred stock; that the entire
issue of consolidated main line mortgage
bonds would be SIS, ,0OO,O 600 and with the
exception OF the $1,000, 600 which will
be taken by the syndicate the re-
mainder will be used for retiring
at maturity the existing main line
mortgage indebtedness and for sinking
fund purposes. Mr. Bunes stated that
the syndicate was not in the interest of
any other corporation and that the
management of the Baltimore 4 Ohio
Company would be as free as ever from
the domination of any rival or competi~
tive interest
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-24
MENACED BY R4NS.
Two Spanish War Vessels Alarm the Poo
pie of key West.

KEY WEST, Fla, Sept. l6.-This city is
all agog. A Spanish ram is anchored in
the harbor, and another is cruising up
and down the keys outside There is
rumor, which has gained considerable
credence throughout the city, that they
are here to be used in kidnapping two Gu
ban-American citizens supposed to be
implicated in the latest filibustering
movement. The Spanish government
always has a few well-paid spies here,
and a successful kidnapping expedition
would not be at all difficult. So far as
defense is concerned, the town has
none. There Is not even militia com
nanN OH the IsIand.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-24

Evidence of a Big Land Steal in Arizona
An Investigation.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept. 14-John
Hise, the surveyOr-general of Arizona,
in his annual report to Land Commits
sioner Sparks, says there is evidence
accumulating that the survey of large
block of land, about so miles in width
and about 100 miles in length, surveyed
under the deposit system for the Atlantic
< Pacific Railroad, had been carelessly
done, if not criminally instigated. 1t has
been not0riously commented upon by
the settlers on this tract during the past
year that the watering places are almost
entirely on the railroad section. Large
cattle companies are now the possessors
of these lands, including government
lands, and there is mysterious whis-
pering rs to the corporators and
owners of the stock Incidental to
corporations of this magnitude. The
surveyor-general expresses the opinion
that this whole matter should be inves-
tigated and the remedy applied. The
encouragement is of the opinion that
more perjury is now committed under
the desert land law than any time in
the history of the territory
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-24
CHOL ERIS marco IN HESSINI
Epidemic of Violent Character-True
State of Affairs in Rome Concealed.

A Rome dispatch of the 18th says:
The cholera affecting the inhabitants of
Messina is of the most violent charac-
ter, death frequently ensuing an hour
after the attack The mortality is not
confined to the lower classes. There is
great misery. The grave diggers refused
to pursue their calling until compelled
to by the troops. The epidemic has APP
peared in the prisons. The true state
of affairs has not yet been published. 1t
is reported that many new cases of
cholera are occurring in Rome daily
The record as printed shows IA new
cases and deaths in Catania; As cases
and Is deaths in Naples; 4 cases and 8
deaths in Palermo; SO cases and q
deaths in Messina.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-24
LOST HE4IEH and FORTENE.
What Dr. Douglas Treatment of Gen.
Grant Cost the hysician.

u
Grant cost the fhy siCian.
New YORK. Sept III has been
known for some time that the venerable
DIR. John H. Douglas, who won ma
tional reputation as the physician OF
Gen. Grant in the Iatter's illness, ruined
his health by his devotion to his
patient. 1t has not been as well
known that DR.. Douglas also
ruined his professional practice by
his attendance upon Gen. Grant, and
has been ot late in straitened circum-
stances and ON the verge of absolute
want. The doctor declines to discuss his
financial affairs at all. "All ! want" he
said last evening ''is TO get my health
back SO that | can attend to my business
and build ~ my practice again. |
treated Gen. Gram like no Ordi-
nary patient, and, | suppose,
enabled min to live long enough
To finish his took and thus provide for
his family Gen Grants country
men should tniuk that that service was
worthy of any recognition, and chose to
express their belief, | need not say that
| should e suprcmcly happy. But |
would want 10 die bef re anyone should
think Of me- as mendicant."
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-24
THE H4DDOCh CASE.
Fred. Munchrsth Convicted of Man
slaughter.

AT Sioux City, Ia, on the 18th, the ar
gumeGts Of counsel were completed
and at $50 o'clock the jury which was
to decide whether Fred Munchrath was
one of the murderers of the Rev. George
c. HaddOck left the court room. The
Jury was out ali night and few minutes
after O'Clock returned a verdict of
guilty of manslaughter The Jury was
polled and when each member was asked
whether this was his verdict he answered
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-24
IN BIIIRE4.
Opening of the ParIiament-Speech of
the Prince Regent.


the Prince Regent.
The Bavarian parliament opened at
Munich on the l4th. The prince regent
in a speech announced the new budget
bill. He said that on account of the adj
hesion of Bavaria to the North German
Brandy Tax Association the rise in the
price of brandy rendered a tax neces-
sary. The abandonment of the
Bavarian monopoly was desira-
BILE Through the acceptance of
the brandy tax the necessary means
for the increase Of the salaries Of officials
would be obtained in conformity with
the requirements Of social and political
legislation. a bill would be introduced
providing for the maintenance of work
men on the state railways who became
unfit for work, ana, in the event OF their
death, for the care of their families. In
conclusion be announced that a measure
would be introduced removing the con-
stitutional restrictions upon the prince
regent affecting the appointment OF otil-
cialS and crown lands.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-24
WORSE THAN THE DRDTGHT
Rains End Dry Spell With Damage to
Property and Loss of Life.

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Sept. 1.-THE
drought of over six weeks duration in
Alabama has been broken bycopious rains
all Oyerthe state. The cotton not picked is
nearly all open in the fields and where
rains are heavy, much damage will be
done. a special to the Advertiser from
Tuscaloosa reports a terrific thunder
storm there during which lightning
struck two houses, killing one man, Rush
Turner, and iniuring two others so badly
that they are not expected to live.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-24
SPURNED BY THE SULTAN.
Turkey Refuses German Protection in
BmlgArIa A O ain 81 Russia

PARIS, Sept. 1.-THE Temps relates
that during the Berlin Congress Prince
Bismarck personally proposed to the
garia by making Tirnoya the capital in
stead of Sofia, promising the support of
Germany against Russian encroachments
in return for the right of Germany to
occupy Narna in perpetuity. The Sui
tan rejected the offer and Germany .has
since been less favorable to Ottoman
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-24

An Express Train Crashes Into Train
Crowded With ExCursionists.

A dreadful collision occurred on the
10Th on the Midland Railroad, England.
\ train filed with excursiOniSts going
to Doncaster to witness the races, coll
lided with another train and was wreck
ed. The Midland train was standing
on the crossing. one mile from Don
caster, while tickets were being
collected. when the Liverpool
express dashed into IT. The guard box
was smashed into atoms The first car
riage of the Liverpool train was tele-
scoped by the next and broken into
splintcrs. 1t was long time before the
injured and dying, who were wedged in
the ruins, could be rescued. Twenty
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-24
RFsSE4'S IHREIT,


If He Cannot Have His Own Way the
Czar viii Annul the Treaty of Berlin.
1t is semi-Officiallv stated at 81. Peters
burg that in the event of the failure of
the present negotiations concerning Bull
garia. the Cars government will con
slider itself justified in prOclaiming the
annulment of the treaty of Berlin. The
reserve maintained by England respect
ing Bulgaria is attributed here to the
idea that German Intervention in Bul-
garia will suffice to give matters a turn
disagreeable to Russia without English
assistance"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-24
NOT 4 GOOD LIh ENESS.
Mrs. Hendricks Does not Like Mr.. Parks
Rusf nf Her Husband

Mrs. Hendricks Does not Like Mr.. Parks
Bust of Her Husband.
Sculptor Park returned from Florence,
Italy, recently, with a bust of the late
Vice President Hendricks which he had
made, he claims with the understanding
that it should be accepted if it was salts
All members of the committee who saw
it were pleased with the bust, but Mrs
Hendricks declared it did not resemble
her husbands features in the least. The
committee now says that the bust must
take its chance of acceptance in com
petitiOn with others
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-24

manitoba k21lroad
TORONTO, Ont, Sept. IA special to
the Globe to-day, from Ottawa, saws per-
sons in the confidence of the Dominion
ministers state that ii Manitoba does not
at once back down from her position in
regard 10 the Red River Railway
the federal government will withhold
the payments oI the next bal years
subsidy 10 the Manitoba government.
In that way they hope 10 cripple the
provincial government financially and
prevent the carrying out of contracts for
the construction and equipment of the
railway from Winnipeg to the boundary
line.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-24
sTORV ON THE COAST.
Details OF Disasters on the FishiI


St Pierre, Miguelon advices state that
disasters which occurred during the re
cent great gales on the banks are still
eing reported daily. The schooner
-. Pierre passed there bottom up. Her
crew of sixteen men had all been lost.
Vessels belonging to the French cod
hshing feet heard from up to the pres
ant time report loss of fifty lives. One
hundred vessels have been badly dam
= ced and have withdrawn from the
fisheries, thus losing the September
fishing. This viii decrease the season :
catch 10000 quintals, and in consequence
prices have already advanced Is per
cent
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-24
BAD RiELRO1D ITRECh.
our Meu Killed and SiXty-Oue BADLY
Injured in Colorado.

Our HpU fNlIItW lHtI NININ-UUE F'sA'IIN
Injured in Colorado.
A construction train on the Aspen eX-
tension of the Midland road, consisting
of an engine, two ears of railroad iron
and 2S7 track-laycrs, was derailed near
Lake Ivanhoe, Col, on the 18th. The
cars were turned completely over, bury
ing the men under the iron, killing four
ana seriously injuring sjXty-one. The
engineer and firemen escaped unhurt.